Try as you will, you cannot annihilate that eternal relic of the human heart, love.

The guillotine is the ultimate expression of Law, and its name is vengeance; it is not neutral, nor does it allow us to remain neutral.

It may be remarked in passing that success is an ugly thing. Men are deceived by its false resemblences to merit.

What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!

He had, they said, tasted in succession all the apples of the tree of knowledge, and, whether from hunger or disgust, had ended by tasting the forbidden fruit.

Sorrow is a fruit. God does not make it grow on limbs too weak to bear it.

Do not let it be your aim to be something, but to be someone.